![]() ![]() If the character is so attached to his 'hammer' that he cannot adapt to, say, a screwdriver, see Crippling Overspecialization.ĭamage-Sponge Boss can be a justification for this trope. This generally happens due to the Inverse Law of Utility and Lethality the more a character specializes in combat, the smaller the characters' repertoire. For example, all of General Patton's strategies were elaborate ways to shoot stuff with tanks, and all successful modern infantry tactics end the same way: "and then we shoot them/call in the artillery." ![]() See Complacent Gaming Syndrome for cases of video game players about this.Ī justification can be that there are many ways to arrive at what looks like the same conclusion. Especially true for a given character's Signature Move and especially Finishing Move, or worse, it's part of the work's premise. Occasionally it happens because of complacency the character does have other abilities/methods to do the job, but they have used "the hammer" so much to be really effective with it, and thus those other methods are largely redundant for them (save for special occasions).
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